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Title:

Culture and rights : anthropological perspectives / edited by Jane K. Cowan, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, and Richard A. Wilson.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

xiv, 258 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human rights.--Cross-cultural studies.
Cultural relativism.

Other Authors:

Cowan, Jane K., 1954-
Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte, 1961-
Wilson, Richard, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Changing rights, changing culture / Sally Engle Merry -- Following the movement of a pendulum : between universalism and relativism / Marie-Benedicte Dembour -- Imposing rights? A case study of child prostitution in Thailand / Heather Montgomery -- Gendering culture : towards a plural perspective on Kwena women's rights / Anne Griffiths -- Between universalism and relativism : a critique of the UNESCO concept of culture / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Ambiguities of an emancipatory disoucse : the making of a Macedonian minoritiy in Greece / Jane K. Cowan -- From group rights to individual rights and back : Napalese struggles over culture and equality / David N. Gellner -- Advancing indigenous claims through the law : reflections on the Guatemalan peace process / Rachel Sieder and Jessica Witchell -- Rights as the reward for simulated cultural sameness : the Innu in the Canandian colonial context / Colin Samson.

ISBN:

9780521797351 (pb)
0521797357 (pb)
9780521793391
0521793394

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44952025
(OCoLC)46909426

LCCN:

00045523

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)